VLC? You mean Video Lan? Is that what it is. I use it all the time. Have I got mixed up somewhere. I can't find the reference inside iSpy any more but I'm pretty sure I saw VLC or something similar in there as a menu option somewhere and I was thinking it was some kind of comms protocol, not a video player. Anyway I can't find it now.
iSpy charges for remote viewing? You mean via iSpy, of course. Why do I need it. I can view my cameras remotely via any browser, can't we all? Except one camera per page. Is that the point? Viewing with iSpy type convenience?
And email alerts I've only ever had configured successfully one time for a short period but they were sent out alright from my cameras via my IIS on one of my computers.
My cameras are all wifi. Of course they are set up originally when received via the ethernet connection and presumably could be left connected via ethernet.
But the whole point of the wireless ip camera to me is the ability to move it around. Hide it here, there, anywhere, do what you want with it without fussing with cable.
That's why I don't have cctv. I mean perhaps I wouldn't have cctv anyway because of cost but I don't even look at it because of cabling.
My budget per camera? There's no ongoings so I guess you mean price I'm prepared to pay for a camera. Well it's not much. I said I paid $60 for them but that was a mistake. I think I paid only $40. Looking around now I think I'd go as far as double that if I was to get 720 resolution and perhaps greater reliability and lifetime (I've got one here I've had for four years - got another one dead after one year) .
Maybe $100 if there were some really great features.